Integrity Campaign

CLEAN - HONEST - BADMINTON

Integrity Campaign

CLEAN - HONEST - BADMINTON

Inside Information

In short, Inside Information is any non-public information relating to badminton which you are aware of due to your involvement in the competition or tournament – as a player, coach, technical official, tournament organiser.

Inside Information usually refers to information about players – about their fitness and how ready they are for the competition. So this could be about if they have come back from injury, had a tough match the day before where they got a minor injury and so on.

Inside Information includes information on the likely participation or likely performance of a player in a match / competition / tournament or concerning any other aspect of a competition which is known to a Covered Person (Players, Related Person or Tournament Support Personnel) but is not known by the general public.

Take Care with Sharing Information

Everyone involved in a tournament must be careful not to share Inside Information with other players, friends, family or on social media that relates to the participation or likely performance of a player in the competition.

It is an offence to share Inside Information where that information is then used in a corrupt way – for example for betting purposes.

Depending on your role in the competition / tournament, you may have access to different types of Inside Information – for example players, coaches, technical officials, administrators and organisers of tournaments will have access to different types of Inside Information – information that is not in the public domain.

Having Inside Information is inevitable as part of every role in a competition or tournament and does not breach the Regulations in itself.

Corruption Offences

No Covered Person shall directly or indirectly:

use inside information to bet on badminton.

provide any other person with inside information for the purposes of betting irrespective of whether the bet is actually placed or not.

solicit or accept any money, benefit or anything of value, to get Inside Information.

offer or provide any money, benefit or anything of value to any other Covered Person to get any Inside Information.

offer or provide any money, benefit or anything of value to any Tournament Support Personnel in exchange for any information or benefit relating to a tournament.